MS Mus. 1745/2/1

(1). ff. 1-16. Idylle de Printemps

• Threlfall, VI/5.
• Autograph fair copy, ink and ink over pencil. Score pp. [1]-29.
• Outer title: '"Idylle de Printemps" / morceau symphonique / pour Orchestre / Fritz Delius / 1889'. Above the title (top left), there is a two-bar sketch (ink) that has been struck-through.
• Inner title: 'Idylle de Printemps / Fritz Delius / 1889'. The page includes the traces of an epigraph in French that has been erased.
• The score begins on the verso of the inner title, as [p. 1]. Instruments: 1e, 2e, 3e Flute; 2 Hautbois; 2 Clarinettes en La; 2 Bassons; 4 Cors en Fa; Harpe; Timbales; Violons 1er, 2de; Altos; Celli; Contrebasses.
• [p. 1]. G major, 6/8, Allegretto (4 bars); 3/4, Meno mosso (4 bars).
• p. 2. Andante semplice.
• p. 8. B minor, Poco piu animez.
• p. 22. 6/8, Tranquillo poco piu vivo.
• p. 25. 3/4, Andante semplice, quasi Allegretto.
• The work ends on p. 29, in G major.
• Published in Collected Edition, Vol. 21c (Rev. ed., 1992).

(2). ff. 17-46. Petite Suite d'Orchestre

• Threlfall, VI/6.
• Autograph fair copy, ink over pencil. Title-page + pp. 1-58 (with blank back-cover page).
• Title-page: 'Petite Suite d'Orchestre / Mai / 1889 / Fritz Delius'. The remaining space on the title-page is taken up with a pencil short score sketch in F#major (unidentified). Other pencil short score sketch material appears on pp. 8 and 12 (the material on p. 8 is headed 'over the hills and far away' although it bears no resemblance to the work of that name).
• Instruments: Petite flute; [2] Flutes; 2 Hautbois; 2 Clarinettes en Si flat; 2 Bassons; 4 Cors (Mi, Sol, Ut, Fa); 2 Trompettes (Ut, Sol); Timbales; Cymbales seules; Tambour; Strings, as above. With Harp, reserved for second movement.
• p. 1. 'Marche'. C major, 4/4. Tempo di Marcia.
• p. 9. 'Berceuse'. G major, 4/4. Andante tranquillo. Single woodwind and horn, harp and strings without double basses.
• p. 13. 'Skerzo'. G major, 3/8. Allegro Vivace. Trumpets and drums silent.
• p. 24. D major, 3/4. Molto tranquillo (Andante quasi Allegretto). Woodwind only.
• p. 27. Molto Vivace (Tempo I).
• p. 36. Più Lento & tranquillo.
• p. 37. Presto.
• p. 38. 'Duo'. B minor, 3/4. Andante. Double woodwind and strings only.
• p. 45. 'Tema con Variazione'. E minor, 3/4. Allegro (poco Maestoso). Strings only.
• p. 47. Moderato (tranquillo). Clarinets and brass.
• p. 50. Poco più Animato. Woodwind only.
• p. 53. 4/4. Animato giocoso.
• p. 55. Molto allegro.
• p. 57. 6/4. Maestoso (Moderato).
• p. 58 fin.

(3). ff. 47-86. Suite de 3 morceaux caracteristiques pour Orchestre

• Threlfall, VI/6(a).
• Autograph fair copy, ink and ink over pencil (each movement separately paginated).
• Title on outer bifolium: 'Suite de 3 morceaux caracteristiques / pour Orchestre / Fritz Delius // La Quadroone. Rhapsodie Floridienne / Skerzo / Marche Caprice'. Dated 1899 (in pencil).
• First movement title (unnumbered leaf): 'La Quadroone (une Rhapsodie Floridienne) / Fritz Delius / 1889' (date in pencil). On the verso and continuing onto p. 1, a 15-bar deleted opening (F# minor, 4/4, Con moto).
• pp. 1-18. First movement, Allegro gracioso.
• Second movement title (unnumbered leaf): 'Skerzo / für Orchester / Fritz Delius / 1890'. Verso blank.
• pp. 1-36. Second movement, beginning E major, 6/8 Presto.
• Third movement title (unnumbered page): 'Une Marche Caprice / Fritz Delius / 1890'. Verso numbered p. 1.
• pp. 1-16. Third movement. C major, 4/4 Allegro con Moto (tempo di Marcia). With hairpins and other performance markings in blue pencil by Beecham (first performed by Beecham at the Delius Festival, London, 21 November 1946). The score is a revised and extended version of the 'Marche' which forms the first movement of Petite Suite d'Orchestre (see above).
• Publication: Collected Edition Vol 21c (1st and 2nd movements).

(4). ff. 87-96. Marches Française

• Threlfall, VI/6(b).
• Autograph, ink and ink over pencil (pp. 1-11) and pencil (pp. 12-17).
• Title (in pencil) on outer bifolium: 'Marches Française 1890 / Fritz Delius' (verso blank).
• pp. 1-17. G major, 6/8. Tempo not indicated. Score unfinished.

(5). ff. 97-134. 3 Symphonische Dichtungen für Orchester

• Threlfall, VI/7.
• 'I / Symphonische Dichtung / für Orchester / Fritz Delius / 1890 / "Sommer Abend"'. Score begins on the verso, [p. 1].
• pp. [1]-17. Autograph fair copy, ink over pencil. D major, 6/4 Adagio quasi Andante. With Beecham's conductor's markings in blue pencil.
• Publication: 1951, Joseph Williams, full score 5813, ed. Beecham.
• 'II / Winter Nacht / Fritz Delius / 1889' followed by an epigraph in German (for English translation, see Threlfall 1977, p. 129). Score begins on the verso, [p. 1].
• pp. [1]-22. Autograph fair copy, ink over pencil, with Beecham's markings in pencil and blue pencil.
• [p. 1]. A major, 2/4 Allegretto con moto.
• p. 7. 3/4 Andante Molto tranquillo.
• p. 13. Tempo I.
• p. 21. Lento molto tranquillo.
• p. 22 verso (back cover), 5-bar pencil sketch on ten staves.
• Publication: 1976, Boosey & Hawkes, full score 20346.
• 'III / Frühlings Morgen / Symphonische Dichtung / für Orchester / Fritz Delius / 1890 / Frühlingsmorgen'. Score begins on the verso (p. 1).
• pp. 1-19. Autograph fair copy, ink over pencil. A major, 4/4 Andante molto tranquillo. With Beecham's markings in pencil and blue pencil.
• Publication: Collected Edition Vol. 21b (Rev. ed., 1989).